Confucius Quotes
Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
Quotes to Explore
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to help launch them. And the agent is really necessary to represent all of the business interests of the author.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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Generally, writers have very uninteresting lives.
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Honour is the mysticism of legality.
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Once you've been around this business long enough, anything is a possibility. It's a business first and foremost. Guys play it because they love it, but it is a business, and if you don't understand that it's a business, you're lying to yourself.
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My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
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Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
